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WZ 1-40 Reference Works. General Works | |
WZ 51-80.5 History, By Period, Locality, etc. | |
WZ 100-150 Biography | |
WZ 220-225 Manuscripts | |
WZ 230-260 Early Printed Books | |
WZ 270 Americana | |
WZ 290-294 Modern Editions and Commentaries of Early Works | |
WZ 305-350 Miscellany Relating to Medicine | |
Reference Works. General Works | |
WZ 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc. in W1.
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Collected works (General) | |
WZ 5 |
By several authors
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WZ 7 |
By individual authors
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WZ 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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[WZ 11] |
[This number not used]
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WZ 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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WZ 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WZ 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WZ 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 23 |
Institutes
(Cutter from name of institute)
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Classify here histories of institutes devoted to medical history; classify other institutes with the field
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WZ 27 |
Collective
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WZ 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum)
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[WZ 29] |
[This number not used]
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Classify handbooks on history of medicine in WZ 39
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WZ 30 |
Chronologies
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WZ 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 40 |
General works
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History, By Period, Locality, etc. | |
WZ 51 |
Ancient (before 500 C.E.)
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Classify here all works regardless of locality or special group
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WZ 54 |
Medieval (500-1450 C.E.)
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Classify here all works regardless of locality or special group
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WZ 55 |
Modern (1451 C.E.- ) (General)
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Prefer classification by locality or special group
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WZ 56 |
1451-1800 C.E.
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WZ 59 |
1801 C.E.-
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WZ 60 |
19th century
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WZ 64 |
20th century
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WZ 65 |
21st century
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WZ 70 |
History (By locality)
(Table G)
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WZ 80 |
History (Special groups, general or not elsewhere classified)
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For groups not listed below, prefer classification by locality WZ 70 when applicable.
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WZ 80.5 |
Specific groups, A-Z
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WZ 80.5.A8 |
Arabic and Islamic groups
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WZ 80.5.B5 |
African Continental Ancestry Group
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WZ 80.5.H6 |
Hindu
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WZ 80.5.I3 |
American Indians. Inuits
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WZ 80.5.J3 |
Jews
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WZ 80.5.O6 |
Asian
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WZ 80.5.W5 |
Women
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Biography | |
WZ 100 |
Individual biography
(Cutter from name of biographee)
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Classify here biographies and bibliographies of persons in the medical field, allied health sciences, preclinical sciences and other related fields. Cf. WZ 294 Modern criticism and bibliographies of early works. Include here works about two persons or a family, e.g., the Mayos.
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WZ 112 |
Collective biography (General or not specified below)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here collective biographies in the fields of medicine, allied health, and the preclinical sciences by specialty. Classify collective biographies by period, locality, and ethnic or other special groups in WZ 121-150. Classify collective biographies of persons outside the field of medicine in the appropriate LC schedule.
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WZ 112.5 |
By specialty, A-Z
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify biography of individuals in WZ 100 regardless of specialty.
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WZ 112.5.A2 |
Allied health personnel
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WZ 112.5.A6 |
Anatomists
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WZ 112.5.B3 |
Biologists
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WZ 112.5.C2 |
Cardiologists
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WZ 112.5.D3 |
Dentists
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WZ 112.5.D4 |
Dermatologists
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WZ 112.5.G2 |
Gastroenterologists
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WZ 112.5.G4 |
Geneticists
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WZ 112.5.I5 |
Immunologists
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WZ 112.5.M4 |
Military physicians and surgeons, etc.
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WZ 112.5.N4 |
Neurologists, neurosurgeons, etc.
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WZ 112.5.N8 |
Nurses
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WZ 112.5.O5 |
Oncologists
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WZ 112.5.O7 |
Ophthalmologists, optometrists, etc.
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WZ 112.5.O75 |
Orthopedists
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WZ 112.5.O8 |
Otolaryngologists
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WZ 112.5.P15 |
Parasitologists
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WZ 112.5.P2 |
Pathologists
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WZ 112.5.P3 |
Pediatricians
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WZ 112.5.P4 |
Pharmacists
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WZ 112.5.P5 |
Physiologists
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WZ 112.5.P6 |
Psychiatrists
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WZ 112.5.R2 |
Radiologists
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WZ 112.5.S8 |
Surgeons
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Cf. WZ 112.5.M4 above.
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Collective biography (By period) | |
Prefer specialty numbers above, or if not applicable, locality number below. | |
WZ 121 |
Ancient (before 500 C.E.)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 124 |
Medieval (500-1450 C.E.)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 126 |
1451-1800 C.E.
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 129 |
1801 C.E.-
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 132 |
19th century
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 134 |
20th century
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WZ 140 |
Collective biography (By locality)
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Prefer classification by specialty if applicable.
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WZ 150 |
Collective biography (Special groups)
(Used for both monographs and serials) (e.g., African-American physicians, Women physicians, etc.) |
Prefer classification by specialty if applicable.
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Manuscripts | |
WZ 220 |
Early Western manuscripts
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Note that at NLM western manuscripts produced before 1601 are classified in WZ 220, those produced after 1601 are classified as MS B (Manuscripts Books), MS C (Manuscripts Collections), or MS F (Manuscripts Oversize books).
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WZ 225 |
Other early manuscripts
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Early Printed Books | |
Works published before 1801 (or later if considered Americana) are not classed by subject; instead, they are arranged alphabetically by author under classification number for period during which they were printed. These numbers are used only for original publications. Reproductions are classified in WZ 290. | |
WZ 230 |
Incunabula
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pre-1501
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WZ 240 |
XVI century
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WZ 250 |
XVII century
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WZ 260 |
XVIII century
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For 19th century publications see separate schedule. | |
Americana | |
This number is used only for original publications. Reproductions are classified in WZ 290. | |
WZ 270 |
Americana
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The closing dates given in the following table (based on the American Imprints Inventory for the U.S.) will be used to determine inclusion in this class.
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North and South America (except U.S.), 1820 | |
United States | |
Alabama, 1840 | |
Alaska, 1890 | |
Arizona, 1890 | |
Arkansas, 1870 | |
California, 1875 | |
Colorado, 1876 | |
Connecticut, 1820 | |
District of Columbia, 1820 | |
Delaware, 1820 | |
Florida, 1860 | |
Georgia, 1820 | |
Hawaii, 1860 | |
Idaho, 1890 | |
Illinois (except Chicago), 1850 | |
Chicago, 1871 | |
Indiana, 1850 | |
Iowa, 1860 | |
Kansas, 1875 | |
Kentucky, 1830 | |
Louisiana, 1820 | |
Maine, 1820 | |
Maryland, 1820 | |
Massachusetts, 1820 | |
Michigan, 1850 | |
Minnesota, 1865 | |
Mississippi, 1840 | |
Missouri, 1850 | |
Montana, 1890 | |
Nebraska, 1875 | |
Nevada, 1890 | |
New Hampshire, 1820 | |
New Jersey, 1820 | |
New Mexico, 1875 | |
New York (except N.Y. City, Brooklyn, and Hudson River towns), 1850 | |
Brooklyn, 1825 | |
Hudson River towns, e.g., Poughkeepsie, Hudson, Troy, Albany, 1830 | |
New York City, 1820 | |
North Carolina, 1820 | |
North Dakota, 1890 | |
Ohio, 1840 | |
Oklahoma, 1870 | |
Oregon, 1875 | |
Pennsylvania (except Philadelphia), 1830 | |
Philadelphia, 1820 | |
Rhode Island, 1820 | |
South Carolina, 1820 | |
South Dakota, 1890 | |
Tennessee, 1840 | |
Texas, 1860 | |
Utah, 1890 | |
Vermont, 1820 | |
Virginia, 1820 | |
Washington, 1875 | |
West Virginia, 1830 | |
Wisconsin, 1850 | |
Wyoming, 1890 | |
Modern Editions and Commentaries of Early Works | |
WZ 290 |
Modern versions of early works
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Classify here reprints, facsimiles, or preservation microform of works (i.e., not new editions) originally published before 1801, and reprints of Americana originally published before the dates as listed at WZ 270. (Cf. 19th Century schedule for works and reprints of works published 1801-1913.)
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WZ 292 |
Modern collections of early works
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here collections (including those serially issued) which contain pre-1801 works of three or more authors. Classify works of only two authors in WZ 290 with the first author.
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WZ 294 |
Modern commentaries of early works and bibliographies of single titles
(Cutter from work being criticized)
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Classify here studies, commentaries, etc, of pre-1801 works including Americana unless they are largely the biography of one or two authors, in which case classify them in WZ 100. Classify in WZ 290 works that include the original text unless it is decidedly subordinate to the commentary. Classify here a bibliography of a single work. Cf. WZ 100 for bibliography of a single author's works.
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Miscellany Relating to Medicine | |
WZ 305 |
Anecdotes. Humor. Light verse
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WZ 305.5 |
Surgery. Hospitalization
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WZ 308 |
Curiosities
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WZ 309 |
Folklore. Proverbs. Superstitions
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WZ 310 |
Quacks. Quackery
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Classify here works the subject of which the author considers quackery. Works on special systems of therapeutics are classed in WB 890-962.
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WZ 313 |
Biographical clinics (Diagnosis of diseases of famous persons, derived from records, memoirs, letters, portraits, etc.).
(Cutter from name of biographee; collective, cutter from main entry)
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WZ 320 |
Grave robbing. Resurrectionists
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WZ 330 |
Medicine, as depicted in art and literature
(e.g., Medicine in the works of Rabelais) |
Cf. WM 49 Art and literature as related to psychiatry.
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WZ 332 |
Anniversaries and special events
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Classify here general works only. Classify material on specific events by subject.
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WZ 334 |
Emblems, insignia, etc.
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WZ 336 |
Caricatures. Cartoons
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WZ 340 |
Numismatics, philately, bookplates, etc.
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WZ 345 |
Medical writing and publishing. Historiography
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WZ 348 |
Medical illustration (General)
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WZ 350 |
Literary and artistic works by physicians and other association items
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Cf. WZ 330 Medicine in art and literature.
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